Kyrgyzstan:
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Laos:
Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%
Latvia:
Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
Lebanon:
Muslim 70% (including Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite,
Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian,
Catholic, Protestant), Jewish NEGL%
Lesotho:
Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
Liberia:
indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
Libya:
Sunni Muslim 97%
Liechtenstein:
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 7.4%, unknown 7.7%,
other 4.9% (1996)
Lithuania:
Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox,
Protestant, Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish
Luxembourg:
the greatest preponderance of the population is Roman
Catholic with a very few Protestants, Jews, and Muslims
note: 1979 legislation forbids the collection of religious
statistics
Macau:
Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997
est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
Macedonian Orthodox 67%,
Muslim 30%, other 3%
Madagascar:
indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%
Malawi:
Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous
beliefs
Malaysia:
Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism;
note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Maldives:
Sunni Muslim
Mali:
Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
Malta:
Roman Catholic 91%
Man, Isle of:
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist,
Presbyterian, Society of Friends
Marshall Islands:
Christian (mostly Protestant)
Martinique:
Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%
Mauritania:
Muslim 100%
Mauritius:
Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%,
Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%
Mayotte:
Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
Mexico:
nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Micronesia, Federated States of:
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%,
other and none 3%
Moldova:
Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about
1,000 members) (1991)
Monaco:
Roman Catholic 90%
Mongolia:
Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the
southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998)
Montserrat:
Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal,
Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations
Morocco:
Muslim
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